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PC Minutes 1969-02-04Planning Commission Arroyo Grande, California February 4, 1969 The Planning Commission met in regular session with Vice Chairman Strothe'r, pre- siding. Present are Commissioners Moss, St. Denis, Sawyer and Skelton. Commissioner Porter and Chairman McMillen are absent. Also in attendance are Councilman Smith, Administrator Butch and Planning Director Gallop. MINUTE APPROVAL The minutes of the regular meeting,pf January 21,'1969 were corrected to show that on motion of Commissioner Strother, seconded by Commissioner Skelton, and unanimously carried, Resolution No. 116 was adopted requesting the City Council to vacate that portion of 20 foot right -of -way acquired by the State from south of Allen Street to Cherry not needed for street purposes. Director Gallop advised that in checking the records, recommendations of street abandonment had not been done by Resolution in the past and, therefore, he had eliminated Resolution No. 116, using that number for the Resolution granting Use Permit Case No. 69 -136, in lieu of the number 117. On motion of Commissioner Skelton, seconded by Commissioner Moss, and unanimously carried, the minutes were approved as corrected, REVIEW - USE PERMIT CASE NO. 68-127 BODY AND PAINT SHOP, 931 -933 GRAND (CROCKETT) Director Gallop advised that the premises had been inspected and Mr. Crockett has complied with all requirements of the Use Permit, that this is a clean operation, and there have been no complaints or traffic problems and, therefore, the staff sees no need for further review, ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL - FISSORI AND MC NEIL Director Gallop advised that sometime ago there was a lot split granted on property owned by Mr, Nick Gaynos at the corner of Linda Drive and Brisco Road creating three lots, and that this will be in an R -2 District around the end of February after the new zoning is effective. Fissori & McNeil proposes to build a duplex on each of the two lower lots. The Planning Director viewed the property and stated that there is not a 7% difference in grade between the building sites and the houses on the north side of Linda, therefore, neither lot is affected by the new view control. He presented architectural drawings to the Commission for consideration and stated, in his opinion, architectural approval could be granted to both structures at one time because they involve the adjacent parcels of property. After discussion, on motion of Commissioner Skelton, seconded by Commissioner St. Denis, and unanimously carried, that architectural approval be granted on the two designs submitted by Fissori and McNeil, subject to the effective date of the new Zoning Ordinance. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR STREET NAMING, AND RECOMMENDATION TO REVISE HOUSE NUMBERING ORDINANCE, Director Gallop advised that a copy of the proposed ordinance had been sent to the Commission with the Agenda, and that since the ordinance was originally prepared by Mr. Shipsey and himself, there have been two department head meetings resulting in some change of wording for clarification purposes, which he explained to the Commission. He advised that Sections 2.01 through 2.04 is a reiteration of the existing street numbering ordinance with two changes. In 2.02 the type of material to be used in house numbers is eliminated in view of many materials being used today for this purpose, In Section 2,03 the word "Street Superintendent" was changed to "Planning Director" because the Planning /Building Department have been assigning street numbers for several years rather than the Street Depart- ment. Section 2.05 is a statement from the Subdivision Resolution which was adopted in 1952. The last paragraph of Section 2.05 is clarified on the recommendation of department heads to provide that new streets which are in obvious alignment with other existing streets shall bear the same names, and other streets before being named or renamed, would be considered by all departments with recommendations to the Planning Commission. 205 206 Planning Commission, 2 - - Page 2 Since all new tentative subdivision maps must be approved by the Commission, they will have the opportunity to review street names since they are required to be a part of that tentative map. Section 2.06 is a new section which the City Attorney and Planning Director felt necessary to establish the street name change procedure. The Planning Director also informed the Commission that during the past two years his department has been changing house numbers which are in conflict with the present ordinance, and estimated that perhaps 50 or 60 such changes had been done to this time, and that a major area of house numbering errors around Pike and Elm Street was being corrected at this time. He informed the Commission that only existing house numbers in conflict are being changed, and that a wholesale change of numbers throughout the City was not contemplated or proposed. On motion of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner St. Denis, and unanimously carried, that a recommendation be made to the City Council for con- sideration and adoption of an ordinance providing for proper identification of property within the City of Arroyo Grande, PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT_ ON ASILOMAR CONFERENCE Director Gallop stated for Commission members who have not attended an Asilomar Planning Conference, that it is held yearly and is sponsored by the Monterey County Planning Council, and that the City budgets money for any member who wishes to attend. He stated that Commissioners wishing to attend could advise him at the next Planning Commission meeting. The Conference will be held on Saturday, March 8, 1969. NEW ZONING ORDINANCE Oirector Gallop advised that the new Zoning Ordinance had its second reading and will become effective approximately the first of March, and the new Ordinance requires the selection of an Architectural Committee, which can be made up of thl'ee members of the Planning Commission, or two Commission members and the Planning Director. All architectural reviews will go to this committee instead of the Planning Commission in the future, Vice- Chairman Strother stated he would prefer that Chairman McMillen make the appointments at the next meeting. COASTAL- VALLEY PLANNING COUNCIL Director Gallop advised that Grover City, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande have approved the Coastal - Valley Planning Council Joint Powers Agreement. He stated it would be necessary for this Commission to make a recommendation to the City Council for the appointment of two of its members to this Council. A meeting is scheduled February 17th to start formulating this organization. Vice Chairman Strother suggested that Commissioners Sawyer and Skelton con- tinue as representatives from the Planning Commission until their successors are apOointed. A4ANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF TRAFFIC WAY Director Gallop stated that at the last regular meeting, this Commission recommended that the City Council consider vacating a portion of Traffic Way, and that the City Council took action at their last meeting. Administrator Butch stated the Council had two choices; either abandonment of the property completely, or to sell the property. A precedent had been set in prior years where the City had abandoned property to the property owner for a sum of money. The "property owner had received money for the property from the State and, therefore, the Council chose to abandon at a selling MOBILE HOME PARKS The Commission was advised that several months ago the Planning Commission made a recommendation to the City Council that they consider assuming the jurisdiction of Mobile Home Parks within the City of Arroyo Grande. In the meantime, the Council requested Mr. Butch make a review of the other Cities to see what they had done. He polled 12 cities and, with the exception of three, they have all found it had been advantageous to the City and had not created any additional burden on the existing city forces. Director Gallop stated that at the time he talked about this, it was his feeling that one State man super- vising two counties with 120 parks of 7,000 plus spaces, was spreading one man too thin, particularly when he has to supervise all new construction as well as periodic inspection of existing parks. 1 Planning Commission, 2 -4 -69 Page 3 Mr. Gallop advised that, at this time, the Council decided not to take over the jurisdiction of the Mobile Home Parks, and an effort would be made to establish closer liaison with the Division of Housing and Standards to close any gaps with regard to requirements imposed by the City. City Administrator Butch advised he had contacted Mr, Harold York, State Representative, and indicated our desire to have our building inspector work with him when he makes inspections within our Mobile Home Parks to make our inspector more knowledgeable as to when and how inspections are made. Councilman Smith stated the general feeling of the Council was that there are adequate Ordinances concerning Mobile Home Parks, so enforcement of these Ordinances is all that is needed, Director Gallop explained that once the City has approved a Mobile Home Park Use Permit, the State issues all permits and they receive all the fees, and they are responsible for inspection of all utilities, etc. If Mr. York and Mr. Nicklas can work out the inspections this would be fine, however, there would be nothing gained by it because Mr. Nicklas would just be tagging along watching Mr. York. The City's standards are higher than those of the State and this is where the difficulty comes in, Commissioner Moss indicated that if a sub - standard condition did exist, the State Inspector may not be around for a year to correct the condition. Administrator Butch stated, as far as fees, the annual fee for our City would only be $50,00 for the two existing Mobile Home Parks, Director Gallop indicated another advantage of having the jurisdiction would be that an inspection could be made on the day it is called for instead of hold- ing up the developer until the State Inspector is available. After discussion, on motion of Commissioner Skelton, seconded by Commissioner Moss, and unanimously carried, that this Commission resubmit to the City Council a recommendation that the City assume jurisdiction over the inspection of Mobile Home Parks within the City, and recommend that they take a more extensive look at the question for the reasons that people living in the park would be under City control instead of State control, there would be no apparent increase in cost since the City Inspector is to work with the State Inspector anyway, the City should enforce its own ordinances, violations could be easily detected under local control, and fees would be paid to the City as is with a regular building permit. Commissioner Moss suggested that a list of pros and cons be compiled and submitted to Council with the recommendation. ADJOURNMENT Vice Chairman Strother declared the meeting adjourned at 8 :50 p.m. ATTEST: ce Chairman 207